The Week in Quantum Computing - December 20th
Issue #67
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
Not one, but 3 market research reports have been published this last few days, on top of a great report by McKinsey. What you would call an “exit” by Rahko and a few other partnerships. Key insights: Market cap of $174 Billion. Not bad!
If this was not enough, we got entanglement with tardigrades and qutrits by Rigetti!
The cover for the December Physics World is a nice dedication:
And wish you very happy holidays! The next newsletter will come to you already next year (yes, I’ll skip a couple of weeks where I expect nothing will happen… although this industry always surprises you!)
The Quote of the Week
"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers."
Carl Sagan - astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator.
The Week in Quantum Computing
Why IonQ Stock Soared 58% in November
Shares of IonQ ( IONQ -4.15% ) surged 58.4% in November, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. This compares with the S&P 500 index's 0.8% decline last month.
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December 12, 2021 at 08:30AM
Quantum computing nears a quantum leap
Why it matters: Quantum computers have the potential to solve unsolvable problems and break unbreakable encryption, but getting them to the point of reliability remains an enormous engineering challenge.
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December 13, 2021 at 08:30AM
Quantum Computing Market Research Report 2021: Technologies, Markets and Competitive Landscape Analysis & Forecasts 2020-2030
Global Quantum Computing market report covers various regions including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World. The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content.
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December 13, 2021 at 08:30AM
Hybrid Quantum Applications with Azure Functions
Quantum computers harness the unique behavior of quantum physics and apply it to computing. This approach promises massive speedup in compute time compared to classical computing, especially in areas like optimization, simulation, or machine learning.
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December 13, 2021 at 03:30PM
Quantum Hardware Outlook 2022 – Fact Based Insight
Where should we start in assessing the most important quantum hardware developments? The challenges and opportunities faced by different qubit platforms vary markedly. Increasingly we have to understand the goals being prioritised by each company and how they interrelate.
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December 13, 2021 at 09:30PM
How to prepare for a career in the emerging quantum-technology industry – Physics World
The quantum industry is blossoming and has lots of new and exciting jobs that physicists are well placed to fill. Laura Hiscott talks to experts who have studied the quantum-tech jobs market about what’s on offer and what skills you’ll need to forge a successful career in this area
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December 14, 2021 at 08:30AM
Quantum drug discovery start-up Rahko snapped up by US investor Odyssey Therapeutics
London-based Rahko, which was developing software designed to utilise quantum computers for drug discovery, has been swooped upon by US-based Odyssey Therapeutics.
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December 14, 2021 at 08:30AM
ADVA wins major German innovation award with its quantum-safe encryption technology
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADVA (FSE: ADV) today announced that it has won one of Germany’s most renowned innovation prizes for its quantum-safe encryption technology.
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December 14, 2021 at 12:30PM
Quantum computing use cases are getting real—what you need to know
A burgeoning quantum-computing ecosystem and emerging business use cases promise to create significant value for industries—if executives prepare now.
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December 14, 2021 at 12:30PM
PASQAL, NVIDIA Announces Quantum Computing Collaboration
PASQAL announced a partnership with NVIDIA to create a Quantum Computing Center of Excellence, which will include a cluster of ten NVIDIA DGX A100 workstations with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking. PASQAL is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program which nurtures cutting-edge startups.
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December 14, 2021 at 12:30PM
Trends: Quantum Computing Market Cap Tops $174 Billion
A recent analysis by Constellation Research found 241 companies in the Quantum Computing space in seven categories driving $8.512 billion in investment to date.
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December 14, 2021 at 02:30PM
PQuantum portfolio value forecasting
We present an algorithm which efficiently estimates the intrinsic long-term value of a portfolio of assets on a quantum computer. The method relies on quantum amplitude estimation to estimate the mean of a novel implementation of the Gordon-Shapiro formula. The choice of loading and readout algorithms makes it possible to price a five-asset portfolio on present day quantum computers, a feat which has not been realised using quantum computing to date. We compare results from two available trapped ion quantum computers. Our results are consistent with classical benchmarks, but result in smaller statistical errors for the same computational cost.
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December 15, 2021 at 08:30AM
Dutch deal for next generation quantum processor
Dutch quantum computing chip startup Quantware is to co-develop an advanced Quantum Processor unit (QPU) with integrated cryogenic digital control logic based on the chip-scale architecture of SEEQC of the US.
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December 15, 2021 at 09:30AM
Why China’s Advancements in Quantum Technology Worry Others
China’s advances in quantum computing will give a new advantage to its armed forces, already the world’s third strongest, analysts say. Quantum refers to a type of computing that lets high-powered machines make calculations that are too complex for ordinary devices.
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December 15, 2021 at 02:30PM
Noise limits today’s intermediate-scale quantum computers
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 9, 2021—A new discovery shows that noise fundamentally limits the most promising path to quantum advantage on today’s noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers. The current go-to approach for solving practical tasks on today’s quantum devices, called variational quantum algorithms, is destined to stall out due to noise-induced corruption of information on the quantum device.
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December 16, 2021 at 08:30AM
Rigetti Computing Announces Next-Generation 40Q and 80Q Quantum Systems
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, today introduced its next-generation “Aspen-M” 80-qubit quantum computer into private beta.
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December 16, 2021 at 09:30AM
How Quantum Computing Will Change Everything (with Chad Rigetti)
Quantum computing won’t be an incremental improvement – it will be a step-change in the power of the technology that underpins a huge part of our economy.
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December 16, 2021 at 06:30PM
Beyond Qubits: Unlocking the Third State in Quantum Processors
Qubits are the basic building block of a quantum processor, and are so named because they represent a continuum of complex superpositions of two basic quantum states.
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December 17, 2021 at 07:30AM
Why we need to consider the ethical implications of quantum technologies – Physics World
Research into quantum technologies has advanced so much over the past decade that the underlying science is rapidly being translated into real-world applications – be it quantum computers, materials or communications systems.
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December 17, 2021 at 04:30PM
QuTech takes important step in quantum computing with error correction
Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the TU Delft and TNO—have reached a milestone in quantum error correction. They have integrated high-fidelity operations on encoded quantum data with a scalable scheme for repeated data stabilization.
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December 17, 2021 at 10:30PM
Will quantum transform defence capabilities? Yes and no
A NATO review has identified quantum technologies as one of defence’s most important emerging and disruptive enabling technologies. Many defence quantum research and development programmes are classified, so establishing the current state of the art is very speculative.
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December 18, 2021 at 08:30PM